The Betrayed Heiress' Return to Elegance 174

Chapter 174 Listen To My Girlfriend

The woman froze for a moment, her perfectly applied makeup faltering slightly as embarrassment and awkwardness flashed across her face.

Her eyes swept over Corrine from head to toe, and a fleeting look of disdain crossed her

features.

She had just thrown herself at Nate, only to be rejected, so what possible chance could

the woman before her have?

However, Corrine didn't flinch at the woman's mocking gaze. She walked past her with cool composure.

When the woman saw Corrine step inside, she didn't leave immediately. Instead, she lingered by the door, eager to see how the scene would unfold.

To her astonishment, not only did Nate not throw Corrine out, but he actually pulled

her into his arms.

In the blink of an eye, the woman's face morphed, her expression a perfect storm

of

disbelief.

eyelids, locking eyes with the woman. A faint, sly smile curled her crimson lips, as if

pupils constricted, and in a whirlwind of humiliation and rage, she

the brief surge of satisfaction Corrine

Indifferent now,

off her waist and lowered herself to the seat beside

of wine from the table, swirling it

her in silence for a moment,

onto his lap.

the wine glass

table with quiet authority.

Corrine felt a quick, almost disorienting lift as she found herself. seated in his

shift away, but his arm snaked around her waist, pulling

met his gaze, the air between them thickening with

composed, her eyebrows arched in silent inquiry as she

restlessness in his eyes barely contained. "What did I do to upset you?" His voice softened, a hint of frustration beneath the calm. "Tell me.

you upset me?" Corrine shot

smile tugging at the corners of his

a flat expression, Corrine

his voice low and steady. "When you're ready to talk, we can go eat

tried to shift away, her

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